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Wildlife Reports => Southern Ontario Wildlife => Topic started by: cairnstone on August 18, 2020, 04:38:26 PM

Title: What rodent?
Post by: cairnstone on August 18, 2020, 04:38:26 PM

I have had this rodent in my backyard all summer. It never comes out in the open. Finally, I caught a photo of it out in the open. It's much larger than a mouse or a vole, probably three times the size of a meadow vole. It has a shortish stubby tail as well. Help with I.D. appreciated.

Title: Re: What rodent?
Post by: cairnstone on August 18, 2020, 08:45:40 PM

Hmmm...starting to think it is a meadow vole but never thought they came in jumbo size.

Title: Re: What rodent?
Post by: Shortsighted on August 19, 2020, 09:47:38 AM

Giant city-vole?
Like mice fed a diet of junk food they become grandiose
and die prematurely.

Title: Re: What rodent?
Post by: cairnstone on August 19, 2020, 03:49:32 PM

Oh, I can assure you this is a clean livin' rodent. I may have mistakenly identified meadow voles all my life. I always thought they were very small (smaller than a deer mouse).

Title: Re: What rodent?
Post by: Axeman on August 24, 2020, 03:17:15 PM

I thought voles had short tails?